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		<itunes:summary>Inform voters on the REAL platforms.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Health Care Reform And Veterans &#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[HIV mode of transmission]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Indian Health Service]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent health care reform proposals have caused the public to evaluate the health care systems currently operated by the U.S. government, namely the Veterans Health Administration and the Indian Health Service. Recent investigations have revealed serious problems within the VHA system.]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform And Veterans &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://straightplatform.com/health-care-reform-and-veterans-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://straightplatform.com/health-care-reform-and-veterans-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[HIV mode of transmission]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Indian Health Service]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phillip Longman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[VA]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent health care reform proposals have caused the public to evaluate the health care systems currently operated by the U.S. government, namely the Veterans Health Administration and the Indian Health Service. The quality of these government-run systems is not encouraging.]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform And The Bridge</title>
		<link>http://straightplatform.com/health-care-reform-and-the-bridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bay Bridge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bay Bridge costs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bay Bridge problems]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mary Theroux]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oakland Bay Bridge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health care committee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mary Theroux had an interesting opinion piece in the San Francisco Examiner (11/9/09). “After last week’s Bay Bridge failure, Bay Area residents would do well to consider the obvious parallel. If the government can’t build a bridge that keeps us safe, can it really be trusted with the future of American health care?”]]></description>
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		<title>The Dalai Lama Snub And Israel</title>
		<link>http://straightplatform.com/the-dalai-lama-snub-and-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://straightplatform.com/the-dalai-lama-snub-and-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama's visit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[snub]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama decided not to meet with the Dalai Lama when the exiled Tibetan leader visited Washington earlier this month. What does that mean for Israel?]]></description>
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		<title>Noticing The Dalai Lama Snub</title>
		<link>http://straightplatform.com/noticing-the-dalai-lama-snub/</link>
		<comments>http://straightplatform.com/noticing-the-dalai-lama-snub/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alison Smale]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Czechoslavakia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama's visit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Maureen Dowd]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Prize]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vaclav Havel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The world took note when President Obama decided not to meet with the Dalai Lama when the exiled Tibetan leader visited the U.S. earlier this month. The administration tried to pacify China by not receiving this distinguished Nobel Peace Prize recipient.]]></description>
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		<title>Dangers Of The Dalai Lama Snub</title>
		<link>http://straightplatform.com/dangers-of-the-dalai-lama-snub/</link>
		<comments>http://straightplatform.com/dangers-of-the-dalai-lama-snub/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Congressional Gold Medal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Prize]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[snub]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Dalai Lama visited the U.S. earlier this month. Unfortunately, the Obama administration needlessly postponed the president’s meeting with this exiled Tibetan head-of-state and fellow Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Will this be used by the Chinese to further disparage the Dalai Lama?]]></description>
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		<title>The Dalai Lama Snub</title>
		<link>http://straightplatform.com/the-dalai-lama-snub/</link>
		<comments>http://straightplatform.com/the-dalai-lama-snub/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama's visit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Pomfret]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Robert Barnett]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington Post]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Dalai Lama visited the United States earlier this month and was snubbed by the President. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader has visited the U.S. ten times since 1991. This was the first time he has not met with the president during his visit.]]></description>
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		<title>The Free Market And Health Care &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://straightplatform.com/the-free-market-and-health-care-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://straightplatform.com/the-free-market-and-health-care-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[CATO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cato Institute]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John H. Cochrane]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Medicare health care vouchers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The CATO Institute on Health Care Reform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[competition insurance companies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[enabling legislation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[free market]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health care system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health status insurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[insurance companies]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[portable health insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“What Is the Free-Market Approach to Health Care Reform?” This is an article published on The CATO Institute on Health Care Reform.  The article lists seven reforms; we have reviewed the first four and will now look at the last three.]]></description>
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		<title>The Free Market And Health Care &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://straightplatform.com/the-free-market-and-health-care-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://straightplatform.com/the-free-market-and-health-care-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[CATO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cato Institute]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[HSA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The CATO Institute on Health Care Reform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[employer-provided insurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[employment-based health insurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[enabling legislation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health care access, quality, and cost]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health care system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health savings accounts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[portable health insurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[reasonable cost]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://straightplatform.com/the-free-market-and-health-care-part-2/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“What Is the Free-Market Approach to Health Care Reform?” is an article published by the Cato Institute. The article lists seven reforms to our health care system that would improve health care access, quality, and cost.]]></description>
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		<title>The Free Market And Health Care &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://straightplatform.com/the-free-market-and-health-care-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://straightplatform.com/the-free-market-and-health-care-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[CATO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The CATO Institute on Health Care Reform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[doctor-patient relationship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[employment-based health insurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[enabling legislation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[four-party health care system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[free market]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health care system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[high-quality health care]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[insurance companies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[portable health insurance]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://straightplatform.com/the-free-market-and-health-care-part-1/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The CATO Institute on Health Care Reform published the article “What Is the Free-Market Approach to Health Care Reform?” The article agrees that our health care system is in need of reform: “It costs too much. Too many people lack health insurance. And quality can be uneven.”]]></description>
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